Kids playing on a beach found what’s feared to be a human skull half-buried in the sand.
The children were digging holes a few yards from the shoreline on Tuesday (9 Jan) when they made the macabre find.
The beach was full of people sunbathing and swimming at the time.
As some recorded the grim discovery with their mobile phones, others called the emergency services.
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Police officers soon arrived on the scene in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and launched an investigation.
The skull was seized for examination.
Forensic scientists hope to be able to extract DNA for identification purposes.
Based on what they’ve seen so far, they believe the skull is considerably old and was washed ashore by the sea.
According to local media, it is not the first time skeletal remains have been found in Mar del Plata.
In early December, a young man went for a walk on the beach and found a strange fossil.
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It turned out to be the curved tooth of a Toxodon.
Herbivorous mammals of the Toxodon genus roamed South America from about 3.6 million to 11,700 years ago.
They could reach about 3.5 metres in length, 1.6 metres in height, and three tons in weight.
They resembled rhinos with vaguely hippo-like heads.
Fossil specimens of Toxodon figured prominently in late 19th-century debates about evolution.
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